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<div class="field field-name-field-taxonomytopics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-38" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">activism</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-111" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Athena Center</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-19" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">feminism</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-17" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">women</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-37" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">New York</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-6" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">scholarship</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-93" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">engineering</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics/stem" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">STEM</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-43" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">student</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-16" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">technology</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-145" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Computing</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-157" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">feminism</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div>Tech Entrepreneur Jada Hawkins ‘16 is a co-founder of <a href="http://athenacenter.barnard.edu/athenadigitaldesign" target="_blank">Athena Digital Design</a>, a Barnard-based agency that teaches students how to code (from HTML to Wordpress, and more!) and connects members with paid web design jobs. A computer science major, Jada is determined to help break the glass ceiling for women coders, and encourage the study of this valuable market skill. Passionate about female entrepreneurship, Hawkins is a program coordinator of <a href="http://barnard.edu/precollege/summerprograms/programs/ET" target="_blank">Entrepreneurs-in-Training Camp</a> at Barnard, as well as an <a href="https://athenacenter.barnard.edu/scholars" target="_blank">Athena Scholar</a> and a member of the Athena Center’s <a href="https://athenacenter.barnard.edu/student-advisory-board" target="_blank">Student Advisory Board</a>.</div><div> </div><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="320" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9cLqeneQNYs" width="480"></iframe></p><p>Check out more student profile videos in our <a href="http://barnard.edu/blogs/student-speak" target="_blank">Student Speak archives</a>. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-share field-type-addthis field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:title=" Jada Hawkins &amp;#039;16: Tech Entrepreneur - Barnard College" addthis:url="http://barnard.edu/news/jada-hawkins-16-tech-entrepreneur"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_linkedin"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_pinterest_share"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_tumblr"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_email"></a></div></div></div></div> Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:38:08 +0000rdouglas43456 at http://barnard.eduIntroducing Barnard's Global Faculty Fellowshttp://barnard.edu/news/introducing-barnards-global-faculty-fellows-1
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In March, Barnard's seventh annual global symposium, “<strong><a href="http://barnard.edu/global/womenchangingtheworld2015">Women Changing the World</a></strong>,” will take place on Barnard's campus in New York. In conjunction with this event, five faculty members have been selected as Global Faculty Fellows, and will participate in the symposium and engage with panelists and audience members on behalf of the College. Following the event, they will travel with Barnard's <a href="http://barnard.edu/news/barnard-announces-2015-global-symposium-student-fellows">Global Student Fellows</a> to three international cities in order to conduct research related to their fields, and create and solidify collaborations and connections with colleagues in the region. This year's Faculty Fellows are:</p><p><strong><a href="http://barnard.edu/profiles/yvette-christianse">Yvette Christiansë</a>, Professor of English and Africana Studies<br /><a href="https://polisci.barnard.edu/profiles/ayten-gundogdu" target="_blank">Ayten Gundogdu</a>, Assistant Professor of Political Science<br /><a href="http://barnard.edu/profiles/jose-moya" target="_blank">Jose Moya</a>, Professor of History<br /></strong><strong><a href="http://urban.barnard.edu/aaronpassell" target="_blank">Aaron Passell</a>, Term Assistant Professor of Urban Studies<br /></strong><strong><a href="http://urban.barnard.edu/sevinyildiz" target="_blank">Şevin Yıldız</a>, Term Assistant Professor of Urban Studies</strong></p><p>Below, some of this year’s Global Faculty Fellows respond to questions about their upcoming initiatives in Rio de Janeiro and Paris.</p><h4>Prof. Jose Moya</h4><p><strong>What motivated you to apply to be a Global Faculty Fellow this year? How does Rio (or Brazil/South America more generally) pertain to your scholarly interests?</strong><br /> A year ago I was invited to give a lecture at the Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil’s top ranked university, on a book I am writing about anarchism and working-class militancy in the Atlantic World between 1880 and 1930. During my stay there, some colleagues told me about documents at Rio’s Arquivo Nacional on the expulsion of radical immigrants from Brazil during the first third of the twentieth century. A former student of mine who is now a college professor in Rio checked the documents and told me they were particularly rich and that I should spend a few days there culling the information. I thus applied to the Global Fellows program to conduct this research for my book project and more immediately to finish an article that compares the expulsion of foreign radicals and labor militants from the U.S., France, and Brazil.</p><p><strong>What initiatives are you working on in relation to the symposium and Barnard's internationalization efforts, and/or your own research related to Brazil?</strong><br /> Besides the research mentioned above, I also want to explore opportunities for collaboration between Barnard and Columbia’s Global Center in Rio. As director of the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at Columbia, I have tried to bring resources to Barnard. Last year, for example, I was able to bring a Tinker Visiting Professor from Argentina and another from Mexico to teach classes at Barnard at no cost to the College. It would be great to do something similar in Brazil through an arrangement ILAS has with the Fulbright program there. I would also like to discuss the possibility of teaching 1–3-week graduate seminars in local universities while bringing a few Barnard students to take the class, as I have done previously in Argentina and Spain. </p><p><strong>What are you most looking forward to about the overall experience?</strong><br /> Exploring Rio, a city where I lived many years ago, with Barnard students. I did this in Sao Paulo during the penultimate Barnard Global Symposium, in Buenos Aires where four Barnard Students took a class I was teaching at the Universidad de San Andres, and in Madrid, Santiago de Compostela, and Caracas where Barnard students took other classes with me. Their presence made all of these sojourns more interesting and memorable as I have learned from them as much as I hope they learned from me.</p><h4><strong>Prof. Ayten Gundogdu</strong></h4><p><strong>What motivated you to apply to be a Global Faculty Fellow this year? How does Paris (or France/Europe more generally) pertain to your scholarly interests?</strong><br /> I am participating in the Global Symposium for the first time, and I was quite excited to see Paris among the cities selected for this year. I work on human rights and immigration. The last chapter of my recently published book, <em>Rightlessness in an Age of Rights</em>, centers on the struggles of <em>sans-papiers</em> in France, and I continue to work on the issues raised in that chapter by looking at immigrant mobilizations in Europe and North America. France is often seen as the cradle of human rights, and it is a country shaped by immigration especially from its former colonies. The trip to Paris provides an excellent opportunity to explore with other fellows some of the challenging questions related to human rights and immigration (particularly in the wake of Charlie Hebdo shooting).</p><p><strong>What initiatives are you working on in relation to the symposium and Barnard's internationalization efforts, and/or your own research related to Paris?</strong><br /> I am currently working on organizing a set of activities around the topic of immigration in Paris. One possibility is to visit the Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration. This national immigration museum is housed in the Palais de la Porte Dorée, which was built for the Colonial Exposition of 1931. It is a perfect site for exploring difficult questions about the impact of French colonial history on current policies of immigration and citizenship.</p><p>I am also serving on a faculty committee on Global and International Curriculum and Programs this year. As a member of this committee, I hope to learn more about the contribution of Global Symposium to the goal of expanding Barnard’s global presence.</p><p><strong>What are you most looking forward to about the overall experience?</strong><br /> This is going to be my first time in Paris, and I will be joining the Global Symposium for the first time. I am looking forward to getting to know the student fellows, sharing my research with them, and discussing issues of common interest. And hopefully, there will be also some time to explore the city and enjoy great food!</p><h4>Prof. Aaron Passell</h4><p><strong>What motivated you to apply to be a Global Faculty Fellow this year? How does Rio (or Brazil/South American more generally) pertain to your scholarly interests?</strong><br /> I’m currently working on issues around sustainable urban development, looking particularly at how green buildings get regulated and how social equity goals for sustainability get compromised. Rio has undertaken a lot of urban redevelopment recently, prior to the World Cup and the Olympics, that seems from a distance to accomplish sustainability in an ideal way. My research to date has focused on the US, so the opportunity to get to Brazil and see how these redevelopment projects were really working seemed – and seems – like an exciting one.</p><p><strong>What initiatives are you working on in relation to the symposium and Barnard's internationalization efforts, and/or your own research related to Brazil?</strong><br /> I am leading a year-long senior seminar on the built environment in Urban Studies that spent much of the fall focused on sustainable urban development. We explored how the sustainability ideal – conservation of resources, reasonable profits, and social equity – often gets distorted in its actual application, with equity frequently falling out of the equation, particularly in the US context. I’m hoping that the trip to Rio will give me a chance to clarify how equity can play a role in sustainable development and that I can share this lesson with the students who are going.</p><p><strong>What are you most looking forward to about the overall experience?</strong><br /> Really just being there. I love cities and nothing can rival the opportunity just to walk around and feel what one is like. I’ve never been to Rio, so it will be totally new. The Columbia Global Center staff there are already making connections for me with people in Rio who share my interests and I’m also looking forward to meeting them and getting a sense of an insider’s understanding of the city.</p><div><strong>Prof. Şevin Yıldız</strong><br /><br /><strong>What motivated you to apply to be a Global Faculty Fellow this year? How does Mumbai (or India more generally) pertain to your scholarly interests?</strong><br /> One of my research interests is the growth of metropolitan regions and specifically comprehensive planning processes of growth through large-scale land making projects. I have extensively studied New York metropolitan region in relation to the planning of New Jersey Meadowlands as a model district and comeback ecology. I also revisit Istanbul, my hometown, in my research to write on the city's expansion projects and metropolitan planning issues.</div><p><br /> Mumbai's urbanization is a fascinating story of more than a hundred years of reclamation and land making. Recent waterfront development projects on the south is just one episode of this long history. In the context of waterfront and Back Bay, I am interested to explore how this land transformation's colonial tenets morphed into various planning approaches, while keeping some of the basic assumptions about land use and power. In addition to that, Mumbai is one of the cities that regularly finds its place in my lectures in terms of architecture, infrastructure systems, its coastal ecology and vulnerability.</p><p><strong>What initiatives are you working on in relation to the symposium and Barnard's internationalization efforts, and/or your own research related to India?</strong><br /> I am coordinating parts of this trip closely with our colleagues at the Global Center and Studio-X in Mumbai. I am meeting experts and activists involved in transformation of the waterfront to see these sites. Student fellows will join me in some of my meetings and I look forward to sharing this research experience with them. I am also planning to meet SPARC, an international NGO which has successfully realized many projects on housing, employment and urban rights.</p><p>I am going to give a talk on my current research at Studio-X and I am looking forward to this dialogue. It is a significant experience to comparatively see the global issues that mega cities face in relation to growth, risk and vulnerability.</p><p><strong>Have you traveled to India before? What are you most looking forward to about the overall experience?</strong><br /> It will be my first time in Mumbai. India is a fascinating country with layers of historical changes, networks of connectivity, vibrant but also contested urban landscapes. I look forward to seeing some of the works of hybrid architectural production, influences and localized responses in Mumbai's city fabric. I hope to have a productive discussion on these conditions with the student fellows and also learn from their experiences in the city.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-share field-type-addthis field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:title="Introducing Barnard&amp;#039;s Global Faculty Fellows - Barnard College" addthis:url="http://barnard.edu/news/introducing-barnards-global-faculty-fellows-1"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_linkedin"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_pinterest_share"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_tumblr"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_email"></a></div></div></div></div> Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:11:57 +0000avine43446 at http://barnard.eduResearch by Profs. Paige West and JC Salyer featured in Australia's 'The Monthly'http://barnard.edu/news/research-profs-paige-west-and-jc-salyer-featured-australias-monthly
<div class="field field-name-field-taxonomytopics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-101" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">faculty</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-54" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Asia</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-33" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">research</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-6" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">scholarship</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-associatedperson field-type-user-reference field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/profiles/paige-west">Paige West</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/profiles/john-salyer">John Salyer</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href="http://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2015/february/1422709200/jo-chandler/manus-balance">A recent article in <em>The Monthly</em></a>, an Australian publication focusing on politics and culture, highlights research from anthropology professors Paige West and J.C. Salyer about the presence of foreign government entities on Manus Island, which is part of Papua New Guinea. The existence of an Australian detention center on the island raises complex questions regarding New Guinean sovereignty, which Prof. West explains in the article. An excerpt:</p><p> "Manusians have both suffered under and capitalised upon foreign intrusions in the past. Whether they ultimately gain or lose from this moment is a question a new generation of anthropologists is positioning to explore. They’re led by a team from Barnard College and Columbia University—[Margaret] Mead’s alma maters—but are working in partnership with Papua New Guinean anthropologists and legal scholars.</p><p> 'The Manus Island detention centre calls the sovereignty of Manus Islanders into question, as well as the sovereignty of Papua New Guinea more generally,' says Dr Paige West, a professor of anthropology and the project leader with immigration specialist Dr JC Salyer. The deal raises the question of whether 'postcolonial societies and states are going to be coerced by their former colonisers to bear the burden of the global refugee problem.'"</p><p> <a href="http://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2015/february/1422709200/jo-chandler/manus-balance">Read the full article.</a></p><p> <a href="http://grantome.com/grant/NSF/BCS-1401341">Read a summary </a>of Profs. West and Salyer's current research in Papua New Guinea, which is supported by a National Science Foundation grant.</p><p> <a href="http://barnard.edu/profiles/paige-west">Prof. West’s</a> general research interest is the relationship between society and the environment. More specifically, she has written about the linkages between environmental conservation and international development, the material and symbolic ways in which the natural world is understood and produced, the aesthetics and poetics of human social relations with nature, and the creation of commodities and practices of consumption. She has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Papua New Guinea (PNG), Australia, Germany, England, and the United States. She is also the co-founder of the PNG Institute of Biological Research, a small NGO dedicated to building academic opportunities for research in PNG among Papua New Guineans.</p><p> <a href="https://sociology.barnard.edu/faculty">Prof. Salyer</a> is a lawyer and an anthropologist whose work focuses on law and society, immigration law, and social justice. He is the staff attorney for the Arab-American Family Support Center, a community-based organization in Brooklyn, and runs the organization’s immigration clinic. His research focuses on the legal formalism of deportation decisions and how the exclusion of social factors and personal history effect determinations of immigration status. In addition to his work on immigration, he received the William J. Brennan First Amendment Fellowship to work at the American Civil Liberties Union national legal department and was a staff attorney at the ACLU of New Jersey. His teaching focuses on the relationship between social science, law, and public policy.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-share field-type-addthis field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:title="Research by Profs. Paige West and JC Salyer featured in Australia&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;The Monthly&amp;#039; - Barnard College" addthis:url="http://barnard.edu/news/research-profs-paige-west-and-jc-salyer-featured-australias-monthly"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_linkedin"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_pinterest_share"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_tumblr"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_email"></a></div></div></div></div> Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:39:34 +0000sbrowne43221 at http://barnard.eduBarnard announces 2015 Global Symposium Student Fellowshttp://barnard.edu/news/barnard-announces-2015-global-symposium-student-fellows
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Barnard is pleased to announce this year’s Global Symposium Student Fellows selected to represent the College at the upcoming 7th Annual Global Symposium, <a href="http://barnard.edu/global/womenchangingtheworld2015" target="_blank">Women Changing the World</a>, which is taking place on Barnard's campus on March 13, 2015. Throughout the semester, these 12 students are working to develop a leadership workshop for high school students, which they will facilitate first in New York in early March. Following the symposium, they will travel in groups of four to three cities around the world to share the Young Women's Leadership Workshop with high school students in Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, and Paris. </em></p><p><strong>Sarah Esser ’15</strong> is a senior and a dance major. An Athena Scholar, she works as an intern at the Athena Center, and she is also a Barnard Student Admissions Representative. She is the founder and artistic director of e r a Dance Collective, a contemporary dance group exploring improvisation interdisciplinary collaboration. Sarah is excited to travel to Mumbai as an opportunity to learn more about classical Indian dance forms and the representation of the female body in Indian art and society alike.<br /><br /><strong>Alejandra Figueroa '16</strong> is a junior majoring in political science with a double minor in economics and French. She is an Athena Scholar and a web developer for the Athena Digital Design Agency, as well as a proud Barnard Speaking Fellow and a member of SGA's Representative Council as the Junior Rep to the Board of Trustees. She is also the Vice President for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Chapter at Columbia. With five semesters of French language courses, Alejandra is greatly interested in French culture and the role of women in the French political world. She is excited for the opportunity to help empower other young women through the Young Women’s Leadership Workshop and also for the opportunity to learn alongside these young women and her peers as they consider the ever-changing meaning of women's leadership in the 21st century.<br /><br /><strong>Nikila Kakarla ’15</strong> is a senior majoring in economics. She is an active member of the Athena Scholars program as a Student Advisory Board member and intern with <a href="mailto:Entrepreneurs@Athena">Entrepreneurs@Athena</a>. She is also co-chair of Senior Fund for the Class of 2015 and has been a Resident Assistant for 3 years. She has interned at Google, Thinkful, and the U.S. Department of Education. Nikila is looking forward to working with high school girls in Mumbai and learning more about what activism means to them. <br /><br /><strong>Karina Lambert '17</strong> is a sophomore majoring in economics and human rights. She is co-president of the Barnard Human Rights Alliance and a member of Design for America on campus. Karina is studying Portuguese and is drawn to Brazil because of the cultural, economic, and human rights matters that define the country. Karina is eager to explore the vital role women play as Brazil secures its growing position in the global economy. She is is excited to be a part of Global Symposium because of the connection it creates between the Barnard community and the women of the world, and is looking forward to conducting leadership workshops both in New York and Rio de Janeiro.<br /><br /><strong>Damini Mohan ’15</strong> is a senior majoring in women, gender, and sexuality studies and South Asian studies. She is a liaison at the Social Justice House and an Athena Scholar, and in the past has served as a research assistant at the Barnard Center for Research on Women and a member of McAc’s Multicultural Committee. Having grown up in India, she has always been passionate about women’s issues in the country, and participating in the Young Women’s Leadership Workshop in Mumbai and the Global Symposium in New York are both great opportunities to connect all she has learned and experienced at Barnard with a place that is close to her heart.<br /><br /><strong>Daniella Philipson '17</strong> is an English major. As an Athena Scholar and intern with the Athena Center, she serves on the editorial team for On Our Terms, the Athena Center's academic journal about women and leadership. She is excited to travel to Paris as an opportunity to better understand the cultural tensions that exist in France and to learn more about the role that the government plays in the lives of French women, including the availability of subsidized child care and wellness programs. Participating in this year's Global Symposium is an opportunity to learn about other cultures and about the incredible women coming to campus for the Global Symposium.<br /><br /><strong>Rohini Sengupta ’16</strong> is a junior majoring in political science and economics. She is a head of Barnard's Student Admissions Representatives, vice president of Club Zamana (Columbia's South Asian Student's Association), and a Barnard Extended Reach Out Student Facilitator. She is excited to visit Rio, a city that embodies how quickly and significantly Brazil is growing and changing, and to learn about how Brazil’s young women envision their own leadership potential and their reactions to their female president as a role model in a place often associated with “machismo.” Moreover, as a huge soccer fan, she’s looking forward to visiting the home of the beautiful game. She looks forward to being part of the symposium as a celebration of Barnard’s 125th anniversary and women’s leadership worldwide.<br /><br /><strong>Amiah Sheppard ’17</strong> plans to be sociology major and she is currently the vice-president of Barnard’s pre-professional club, Smart Women Lead, as well as an Athena Scholar. She served as a mentor for Strong Women, Strong Girls, and has volunteered for OperationExodus helping build literacy in Washington Heights. Amiah is intrigued by the bustling metropolis that is Mumbai, and is excited to be immersed in the realities of an ever-changing culture. As a Student Fellow, she is also eager to observe how self-motivated and inspirational the young women are in Mumbai, and to learn from the participants in Barnard’s Seventh Annual Global Symposium.<br /><br /><strong>Amrita Singh ’15</strong> is a film studies major and an Athena Scholar. She serves as president of Columbia University Film Productions (CUFP), a Barnard Student Admissions Representative, an IMATS Media Technologist, and she’s also involved with the Athena Digital Design Agency. Additionally, she is an intern with Big Beach Films. She’s never been to Paris, but has always admired French cinema--in particular, Truffaut's Les 400 Coups-- and the city’s art scene both past and present. As an Indian immigrant and francophile, she is eager to better understand multiculturalism within a global context and as it relates to the particular history of Paris, France, and also looks forward to participating in the symposium during Barnard's historic 125th anniversary.<br /><br /><strong>Tess Solomon ’15</strong> is a sociology and pre-med major. A dual citizen of the US and Switzerland, on campus she is a FemSex Facilitator and previously served as president of the Student Global AIDS Campaign and leader with Columbia Urban Experience. With interests including women's health and maternal health, she is currently a research assistant at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Averting Maternal Death and Disability Program. She is excited to learn how feminism and conceptions of women's leadership vary cross-culturally, and specifically how young women in Rio understand these concepts and apply them to their own lives.<br /><br /><strong>Naomi Tewodros ’17</strong> is a sophomore majoring in Africana studies, with a minor in economics. She is a Student Advisory Board member for the Athena Digital Design Agency, coordinator for Sister Circle, publicity media chair for Barnard Organization of Soul Sisters (BOSS), an Athena Scholar, and a Gates Millennium Scholar. She is excited for the opportunity to learn more about AfroBrazilians and experience Rio de Janeiro's vibrant culture, and is looking forward to meeting the amazing women from all over the globe who will be participating in the symposium and bringing their unique perspectives to campus.<br /><br /><strong>Hye-Jin Yun '15</strong> is a neuroscience and behavior major. She is the Senior Class Secretary, a Barnard Student Admissions Representative, a Visiting International Student Ambassador, and the former Vice President of Columbia University Television. She is currently interning with the Medical Unit at the CBS Evening News and also enjoys dancing with e r a Dance Collective, a dance company founded by co-Global Symposium Fellow Sarah Esser. Her interest in France began when she visited Paris in 2009 and has grown through her interactions with a VISP student from the region. This year's Global Symposium holds special significance for her because it brings together incredible women leaders from all over the world to the Barnard campus. She is looking forward to hearing from these fearless women and also helping high school girls discover their potential both in New York and Paris.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-share field-type-addthis field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:title="Barnard announces 2015 Global Symposium Student Fellows - Barnard College" addthis:url="http://barnard.edu/news/barnard-announces-2015-global-symposium-student-fellows"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_linkedin"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_pinterest_share"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_tumblr"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_email"></a></div></div></div></div> Fri, 13 Feb 2015 20:01:28 +0000avine43216 at http://barnard.eduBarnard receives Beckman Scholars Program award, supporting student research in the scienceshttp://barnard.edu/news/barnard-receives-beckman-scholars-program-award-supporting-student-research-sciences
<div class="field field-name-field-taxonomytopics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-30" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Barnard College</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-101" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">faculty</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>For the first time, Barnard College has been named a recipient of the prestigious Beckman Scholars Program award. Funded by the <a href="http://www.beckman-foundation.com/">Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation</a>, this three-year award was established to provide exceptionally talented undergraduate scholars with meaningful research opportunities in the sciences. Barnard is one of 12 institutions receiving the award this year.</p><p> Over the next three years, four outstanding students majoring in Biology, Chemistry, and Neuroscience &amp; Behavior will be selected as Beckman Scholars during their second year on campus after a rigorous application and review process. Each Beckman Scholar will receive funding for two summers and one academic year of research, in addition to hands-on guidance and support from her faculty member and additional funds for activities such as traveling to conferences. Each scholar will be mentored by one of 13 faculty members from the respective science departments, all of whom helped put together the College's proposal for the award.</p><p> Barnard's Beckman Scholars will be in a distinguished group of undergraduate science students from across the United States who have been singled out for their brilliance and potential in scientific research.</p><p> The first cohort of scholars will begin their research in the summer of 2015. Information about the application process for this program will be distributed in the coming weeks.</p><p> Learn more about the <a href="http://www.beckman-foundation.com/beckman-scholars">Beckman Scholars Program award</a>.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-share field-type-addthis field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:title="Barnard receives Beckman Scholars Program award, supporting student research in the sciences - Barnard College" addthis:url="http://barnard.edu/news/barnard-receives-beckman-scholars-program-award-supporting-student-research-sciences"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_linkedin"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_pinterest_share"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_tumblr"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_email"></a></div></div></div></div> Fri, 13 Feb 2015 18:19:45 +0000sbrowne43211 at http://barnard.eduNew Book by Professor Achsah Guibbory on John Donne Published by Ashgatehttp://english.barnard.edu/news/new-book-professor-achsah-guibbory-john-donne-published-ashgate
<div class="field field-name-field-taxonomytopics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-11" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">literature</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-101" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">faculty</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-3" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">culture</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-6" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">scholarship</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-associatedperson field-type-user-reference field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/profiles/achsah-guibbory">Achsah Guibbory</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p></p><p><a href="https://english.barnard.edu/profiles/achsah-guibbory">Professor Achsah Guibbory</a>, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of English, is the author of a new book entitled, <a href="http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&amp;calcTitle=1&amp;pageSubject=315&amp;title_id=1208920875&amp;edition_id=1208925556"><em>Returning to Donne</em></a>, published by <a href="http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=0">Ashgate</a>. Collected in this volume are Professor Guibbory’s most important and frequently cited essays on Donne, which, taken together, present her distinctive and evolving vision of the poet. The book includes an original, substantive introduction as well as new essays on the Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, the Songs and Sonnets, and the subject of Donne and toleration.</p><p> Over the course of her career, Guibbory has asked different questions about Donne but has always been concerned with recovering multiple historical and cultural contexts and locating Donne’s writing in relation to them. In the essays here, she reads Donne within various contexts: the early modern thinking about time and history; religious attitudes towards sexuality; the politics of early modern England; religious conflicts within the church.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-share field-type-addthis field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:title="New Book by Professor Achsah Guibbory on John Donne Published by Ashgate - Barnard College" addthis:url="http://english.barnard.edu/news/new-book-professor-achsah-guibbory-john-donne-published-ashgate"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_linkedin"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_pinterest_share"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_tumblr"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_email"></a></div></div></div></div> Wed, 11 Feb 2015 17:39:05 +0000rross43121 at http://barnard.eduIn TED Talk, Prof. Severine Autesserre discusses unexpected solutions for humanitarian criseshttp://barnard.edu/news/ted-talk-prof-severine-autesserre-discusses-unexpected-solutions-humanitarian-crises
<div class="field field-name-field-taxonomytopics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-101" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">faculty</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-57" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">foreign policy</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-associatedperson field-type-user-reference field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/profiles/severine-autesserre">Séverine Autesserre</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Political science professor Severine Autesserre was a featured speaker at the recent <a href="https://conferences.ted.com/TEDGlobal2014/">TEDGlobal conference</a> in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she discussed what can be learned from the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In her TED Talk, she draws upon her experience as a humanitarian aid worker in the Congo to suggest that international peace efforts should focus more on local conflicts in order to address the larger crisis that has destabilized most of Central Africa for the last 18 years. <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/severine_autesserre_to_solve_mass_violence_look_to_locals">Watch Prof. Autesserre's full TED Talk</a>:<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="279" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sHdYaMyR5-8" width="425"></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://barnard.edu/news/prof-severine-autesserre-discusses-international-peacekeeping-major-news-networks">Check out Prof. Autesserre's other recent media appearances, including an on-air interview with Al Jazeera.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://barnard.edu/profiles/severine-autesserre">Prof. Autesserre</a> joined Barnard's faculty in 2007. Her research focuses on African politics, international relations, peacekeeping and peacebuilding, and the politics of humaniarian and development aid. <em><a href="http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/international-relations-and-international-organisations/peaceland-conflict-resolution-and-everyday-politics-international-intervention">Peaceland</a>, </em>her most recent book, was published in April; her previous book<em> <a href="http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/comparative-politics/trouble-congo-local-violence-and-failure-international-peacebuilding?format=PB">The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding</a></em>, received the 2012 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-share field-type-addthis field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:title="In TED Talk, Prof. Severine Autesserre discusses unexpected solutions for humanitarian crises - Barnard College" addthis:url="http://barnard.edu/news/ted-talk-prof-severine-autesserre-discusses-unexpected-solutions-humanitarian-crises"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_linkedin"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_pinterest_share"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_tumblr"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_email"></a></div></div></div></div> Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:24:53 +0000sbrowne43041 at http://barnard.eduFifth Annual Athena Film Festival Celebrates Women’s Leadership in Filmhttp://barnard.edu/news/fifth-annual-athena-film-festival-celebrates-womens-leadership-film
<div class="field field-name-field-taxonomytopics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-124" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Athena Film Festival</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-30" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Barnard College</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-142" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">president</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><object height="300" width="400"><param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fbarnardcollege%2Fsets%2F72157650719738481%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fbarnardcollege%2Fsets%2F72157650719738481%2F&amp;set_id=72157650719738481&amp;jump_to=" /><param name="movie" value="https://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=1811922554" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fbarnardcollege%2Fsets%2F72157650719738481%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fbarnardcollege%2Fsets%2F72157650719738481%2F&amp;set_id=72157650719738481&amp;jump_to=" height="300" src="https://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=1811922554" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br /> This past week, Barnard College hosted the fifth annual Athena Film Festival, honoring extraordinary women in the film industry and showcasing films that highlight women’s leadership in real life and the fictional world. The four-day festival, which featured conversations with directors and workshops for filmmakers along with a diverse array of films, has over the past five years established itself as a major force in the film industry, occupying a unique and important space to promote the work of women in the field. <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/festival-encourages-women-in-film-to-wear-the-pants-1422988381">Read more about the festival in <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>.</a><br /><br /> In a special opening night ceremony, this year’s Laurie Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Academy Award-winning actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster. Barnard President Debora Spar presented Foster with the award recognizing her extraordinary 49 years in front of the camera, including groundbreaking performances in <em>The Accused</em> and <em>The Silence of the Lambs</em>, as well as her influence behind the camera as an acclaimed director and producer.<br /><br /> This year’s Athena Awards, which honor women in the film industry for their leadership and creative accomplishments, were presented at a red-carpet celebration on Saturday. Honorees included Gina Prince-Bythewood, director, writer and producer behind films such as <em>Love &amp; Basketball, The Secret Life of Bees </em>and <em>Beyond the Lights</em>; Cathy Schulman, Academy Award-winning producer, president of Mandalay Pictures, and president of Women in Film, known for such films as <em>Crash, The Illusionist, Darfur Now</em> and <em>Bernie;</em> and Sheila Nevins ’60, president of HBO Documentary Films. <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/athena-film-festival-award-winners-771222">Read all about Saturday’s festivities in <em>The Hollywood Reporter.</em></a><br /><br /> Back for a second year, the Athena List was also announced during the Saturday evening awards ceremony. The list, which features completed screenplays with strong leading female characters that have not yet been made into films, is an effort to highlight the importance of increasing the number of female protagonists on screen. This year’s list includes <em>What the World Will Look Like When All of the Water Leaves Us, </em>by Jenny Halper; <em>Highsmith</em>, by Eliza Lee; and <em>Dickey Chappelle, </em>by Margaret Nagle.<br /><br /><a href="http://barnard.edu/news/barnard-women-film" target="_blank">Check out a video featuring Barnard alumnae whose careers are in film and television.</a><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="279" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/116177217" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="425"></iframe><br /><br /> A major high point among the 29 feature, documentary, and short films screened during this year’s festival was the world premiere of Rosie O’Donnell’s new HBO documentary, <em>Rosie O’Donnell: A Heartfelt Stand Up, </em>an honest and intimate take on her experience with heart disease. Following the screening of the film, Rosie O’Donnell participated in a panel discussion moderated by President Spar with Women's Heart Alliance CEO British Robinson and New York Cardiology Associates President Dr. Allison Spatz about the dangers of heart disease for women in particular, and what preventative measures should be considered.<br /><br /> Other highlights of the festival included the New York premiere of <em>Dreamcatcher</em>, a documentary directed by Kim Longinotto, which was the festival’s opening film on Thursday. <em>Beyond the Lights</em>, directed by Athena Awardee Gina Prince-Bythewood, was the festival’s centerpiece film on Saturday, and <em>Difret, </em>a feature film directed by Zeresenay Mehari, was the festival’s closing film on Sunday.<br /><br /> Visit the <a href="http://athenafilmfestival.com/">Athena Film Festival website</a> to read more about this year’s festival.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-share field-type-addthis field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:title="Fifth Annual Athena Film Festival Celebrates Women’s Leadership in Film - Barnard College" addthis:url="http://barnard.edu/news/fifth-annual-athena-film-festival-celebrates-womens-leadership-film"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_linkedin"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_pinterest_share"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_tumblr"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_email"></a></div></div></div></div> Mon, 09 Feb 2015 15:05:38 +0000sbrowne42681 at http://barnard.eduTeam led by Prof. Karen Fairbanks develops tool to re-envision libraries in NYChttp://barnard.edu/news/team-led-prof-karen-fairbanks-develops-tool-re-envision-libraries-nyc
<div class="field field-name-field-taxonomytopics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-66" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">architecture</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-101" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">faculty</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-associatedperson field-type-user-reference field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/profiles/karen-fairbanks">Karen Fairbanks</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A design team led by architecture professor Karen Fairbanks and including term assistant professor in architecture Leah Meisterlin is receiving attention for its innovative approach to considering the future of New York City's libraries. The team developed a digital tool as part of a larger design study called <a href="http://archleague.org/2014/07/re-envisioning-branch-libraries/" target="_blank">Re-Envisioning Branch Libraries</a>, a collaboration between The Architectural League and the Center for an Urban Future aiming to propose design solutions and stimulate conversation about how to best support New York City's library systems.</p><p> A <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/arts/plans-for-brooklyn-branches-have-merit.html?_r=1">recent article</a> by Michael Kimmelman of <em>The New York Times</em> details the utility of Fairbanks' team's tool, and how it could be used to create smarter architecture and public services in New York City in the future. An excerpt:</p><p> "Last month, at a conference on libraries, a team of designers — Marble Fairbanks, James Lima Planning &amp; Development, and Leah Meisterlin — demonstrated a digital tool that could help. It lets city planners, developers and communities mix, weigh and compare all different kinds of data to coordinate priorities. The designers used it to make a compelling case for a mixed-income building with ocean-view apartments and ground-floor shops on the site of the current Brighton Beach branch, another dilapidated, heavily used Lindsay-era box facing nearly $5 million in repairs. The architectural sketches looked terrific. A new library, paid for by the development, anchored the proposal."</p><p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/arts/plans-for-brooklyn-branches-have-merit.html?_r=1">Read the full article.</a></p><p> <a href="http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/public-libraries-design-new-york-affordable-housing">Next City </a>covered the Re-Envisioning Branch Libraries proposal presentation back in December and highlighted Marble Fairbanks' data tool, which "made it possible to overlay several kinds of public data in order to help the city and system make the best decisions about where to put branches." <a href="http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/public-libraries-design-new-york-affordable-housing">Read the full article.</a></p><p> <a href="http://archleague.org/2015/01/marble-fairbanks-branch-libraries-proposal/">View Marble Fairbanks' full proposal on The Architectural League's website</a>.</p><p> <a href="https://nycfuture.org/events/event/video-re-envisioning-new-yorks-branch-libraries-event">View all five of the project proposals on the Center for an Urban Future's website.</a></p><p> <a href="http://barnard.edu/profiles/karen-fairbanks">Prof. Fairbanks</a> joined Barnard’s faculty in 1996. She is the Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Professional Practice in Architecture and Chair of the Department of Architecture, where she teaches design studios and seminars on architecture and technology. In addition to her teaching duties for the Department of Architecture, she is affiliated with Barnard’s Urban Studies program.<br /> </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-share field-type-addthis field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:title="Team led by Prof. Karen Fairbanks develops tool to re-envision libraries in NYC - Barnard College" addthis:url="http://barnard.edu/news/team-led-prof-karen-fairbanks-develops-tool-re-envision-libraries-nyc"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_linkedin"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_pinterest_share"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_tumblr"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_email"></a></div></div></div></div> Thu, 05 Feb 2015 20:56:03 +0000sbrowne42651 at http://barnard.eduAcclaimed actress Jodie Foster honored at opening ceremony for the Athena Film Festival http://barnard.edu/news/acclaimed-actress-jodie-foster-honored-opening-ceremony-athena-film-festival
<div class="field field-name-field-taxonomytopics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/topics-124" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Athena Film Festival</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/topics-30" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Barnard College</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The fifth annual <a href="http://athenafilmfestival.com" target="_blank">Athena Film Festival</a> kicked off Thursday night with a special opening night ceremony, where this year’s Laurie Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Academy Award-winning actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster. President Spar presented Foster with the award recognizing her extraordinary 49 years in front of the camera, including groundbreaking performances in <em>The Accused</em> and <em>The Silence of the Lambs</em>, as well as her influence behind the camera as an acclaimed director and producer.</p><p>In her remarks on Thursday, Foster said, "When I was growing up in the film business, I never saw a woman's face. Sometimes it would be a lady who played my mom. Occasionally, it would be a makeup artist, but most often it would really just be me and the script supervisor. Little by little, as time went on, a few female faces came onto crews, and it changed everything…Men [who were my] fathers and brothers, little by little, women came into their world and suddenly the family was a more realistic family."</p><p>Read more about Foster's remarks in <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/athena-film-festival-jodie-foster-770754" target="_blank"><em>The Hollywood Reporter.</em></a></p><p>The festival, which will continue throughout the weekend, was featured in the <em><a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/festival-encourages-women-in-film-to-wear-the-pants-1422988381" target="_blank">The Wall Street Journal</a></em> this week. In this article, writer Stuart Miller takes an in-depth look at the festival's unique mission to celebrate the achievements of women in film and television. In the article, Kitty Kolbert, director of Barnard's <a href="https://athenacenter.barnard.edu/" target="_blank">Athena Center for Leadership Studies</a>, and Melissa Silverstein, creative director of the Athena Film Festival and editor of <a href="http://womenandhollywood.com/">Women in Hollywood</a>, both comment on the continuing importance of the festival as it returns for a fifth year. Also interviewed for the article are Gillian Robespierre, director of the film "Obvious Child," which is screening at this year's festival, and Sheila Nevins '60, president of HBO Documentary Films, who is one of this year's Athena Award winners. An excerpt:</p><p> “My goal from day one was to change the conversation and change how people perceive leadership," said festival founder Kathryn Kolbert, director of Barnard’s Athena Center for Leadership Studies...she said she hopes the festival can push Hollywood insiders "to think differently about who is leading the industry and about diversifying the stories that are told."</p><p> Programming to fulfill that goal falls this year to the festival’s co-founder Melissa Silverstein, who also serves as editor of the website Women and Hollywood.</p><p> The job, said Ms. Silverstein, has had built-in challenges: There are numerous choices for the short-film and documentary categories, but fewer feature-length films. "I want to be able to share more stories with women on screen, but they are not there," she said. "I look all day long."</p><p> <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/festival-encourages-women-in-film-to-wear-the-pants-1422988381" target="_blank">Read the full article.</a></p><p> Check out additional coverage of this year's Athena Film Festival, including articles and interviews in <a href="http://www.salon.com/2015/02/04/we_are_50_percent_of_the_population_and_our_stories_matter_athena_film_festival_founder_melissa_silverstein_on_sexism_in_hollywood/" target="_blank">Salon</a>, <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/events/athena-film-festival-5186767/" target="_blank">The Village Voice</a>, <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rosie-odonnell-documentary-premiere-at-765588" target="_blank">The Hollywood Reporter</a>, and <a href="http://videos.huffingtonpost.com/entertainment/celebrity/rosie-odonnell-documentary-to-premiere-at-the-athena-film-festival-518611114" target="_blank">The Huffington Post</a>.</p><p> For more information and to purchase tickets for this year's Athena Fim Festival, which runs February 5-8, 2015, visit <a href="http://athenafilmfestival.com/" target="_blank">athenafilmfestival.com</a>.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-share field-type-addthis field-label-hidden "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:title="Acclaimed actress Jodie Foster honored at opening ceremony for the Athena Film Festival - Barnard College" addthis:url="http://barnard.edu/news/acclaimed-actress-jodie-foster-honored-opening-ceremony-athena-film-festival"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_linkedin"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_pinterest_share"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_tumblr"></a><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_email"></a></div></div></div></div> Wed, 04 Feb 2015 18:07:36 +0000sbrowne42631 at http://barnard.edu